Organized Week 9 Presentation Notes Lumumba Shabaka Perception of origin Swahili emphasized distinctivesness Swahili means “coasters” in Arabic Claiming Persian & Arab descent Uungwana (civilized) ways Swahili architecture emerged suddenly along with Muslim religion in 11 & 12 cent‚ supposedly no local archetypes Ustaaarabu (Arabness): used Arab script‚ Arab names‚ etc. 1980s: Neville Chittick & Mark Horton challenge this sudden rise; World System Linkage Egyptian‚ Arab‚
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novel many characters contributed to the novel’s plot in some shape or form. However there are two characters that truly stand out and are of true importance for the plots development. Those two characters are as follows‚ Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny Cade. Both characters go through a lot of personal experiences within the story. They have similarities and differences that are critical to the development of the plot for this novel‚ The Outsiders. These two characters were amazing friends throughout
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Biswal‚ Priyadarshi. "Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye: A Study of Black Consciousness and Wounded Psyche." Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies 5.4 (2014): 96-102. Literary Reference Center Plus. Web. 23 Oct. 2016. BP 2: Topic Sentence (complete
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Dolls have often been given to young girls to prepare them for becoming mothers and showing what you should‚ physically‚ aspire to‚ and it is not uncommon to see girls delight over their dolls. However‚ Toni Morrison expresses a different view through the use of sensory language in “The Bluest Eyes” that challenges the role of “normal” women in society. Ms Morrison uses the sense of touch to make the reader feel as if they unsuccessfully to fall asleep with a stiff plastic doll. “When i took it
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Johnny Cade‚ “the little Dark puppy that was kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers‚” as Ponyboy‚ Johnny’s friend‚ states in page eleven. In the novel‚ The Outsiders‚ by Susan Eloise Hinton‚ Johnny Cade is a character who goes through resilient phases in his life. Some phases are on how he created his inflection points‚ his inflection points‚ and the ramifications. Johnny is doubtless the first one‚ and one to have the most‚ to have a tremendous crisis then the other characters
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feel like I’m flying with the wind. I am always working on my bike and trying to tune it up or fix it. Always having new brakes tightening the gear system‚ greasing the handle bars and the gear shifts‚ and putting on a new chain. Every time I go to cades cove I try to beat my time on finishing. So far I have beat my time once and that was the first time I actually biked the entire 11 mile loop. Each time I bike the loop I feel energized and have adrenaline rushing through my veins‚ I feel like it could
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Race and Beauty in a Media Contrived Society Throughout Toni Morrison ’s novel The Bluest Eye‚ she captures‚ with vivid insight‚ the plight of a young African American girl and what she would be subjected to in a media contrived society that places its ideal of beauty on the e quintessential blue-eyed‚ blonde woman. The idea of what is beautiful has been stereotyped in the mass media since the beginning and creates a mental and emotional damage to self and soul. This oppression to the soul creates
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as Dally‚ “has spent three years on the wild side of New York and has been arrested at the age of ten.” (Hinton 10) “If you can picture a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers‚ you’ll have Johnny Cade‚” (Hinton 11) the second hero. The last hero‚ fourteen-year old Ponyboy Curtis‚ was “the weed-fiend” in his family. One day‚ driving back after a meal‚ the boys immediately noticed that their hiding place‚ an old abandoned church‚ was on fire. “There
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In "Black Writing‚ White Reading: Race and the Politics of Feminist Interpretation" Elizabeth Abel travels along the stepping stones given by Toni Morrison in "Recitatif" to draw her conclusions on the race of each girl. Abel uses conversation with a colleague‚ correspondence with Morrison‚ and a strong foundation of literature on the politics of racial issues in conjunction with feminism to support her opinion on the characters’ racial identities. This conclusion on the assigned races is also
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Essay Writing – Opening Paragraph How to start? The first paragraph is always the most important as it leads the reader into wanting to continue reading‚ wanting to discover what is in store in the paragraphs to follow. |Dentist | |
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